A
horned, pale-green water demon, the Grindylow is found in lakes throughout
Britain and Ireland. It feeds on small fish and is aggressive towards wizards
and Muggles alike, though merpeople have been known to domesticate it. The
Grindylow has very long fingers, which, though they exert a powerful grip, are
easy to break.

The
Acromantula is a monstrous eight-eyed spider capable of human speech. It
originated in Borneo, where it inhabits dense jungle. Its distinctive features
include the thick black hair that covers its body; its leg-span, which may reach
up to fifteen feet; its pincers, which produce a distinctive clicking sound
when the Acromantula is excited or angry; and a poisonous secretion. The
Acromantula is carnivorous and prefers large prey. It spins dome-shaped webs
upon the ground. The female is bigger than the male and may lay up to one
hundred eggs at a time. Soft and white, these are as large as beach balls. The
young hatch in six to eight weeks. Acromantula eggs are defined as Class A
Non-Tradeable Goods by the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical
Creatures, meaning that severe penalties are attached to their importation or
sale. This beast is believed to be wizard-bred, possibly intended
to guard wizard dwellings or treasure, as is often the case with magically
created monsters.
Despite its near-human intelligence, the
Acromantula is untrainable and highly dangerous to wizard and Muggle alike. Rumors that a colony of Acromantula has been established
in Scotland are unconfirmed.

The first recorded Basilisk was bred by
Herpo the Foul, a Greek Dark wizard and Parselmouth, who discovered after much
experimentation that a chicken egg hatched beneath a toad would produce a
gigantic serpent possessed of extraordinarily dangerous powers. The Basilisk is a brilliant green serpent that may reach up
to fifty feet in length. The male has a scarlet plume upon its head. It has
exceptionally venomous fangs but its most dangerous means of
attack is the gaze of its large yellow eyes. Anyone looking directly into these
will suffer instant death.If the food
source is sufficient (the Basilisk will eat all mammals and birds and most
reptiles), the serpent may attain a very great age. Herpo the Foul’s Basilisk
is believed to have lived for close on nine hundred years. The creation of Basilisks has been illegal since medieval
times, although the practice is easily concealed by simply removing the chicken
egg from beneath the toad when the Department for the Regulation and Control of
Magical Creatures comes to call. However, since Basilisks are uncontrollable
except by Parselmouths, they are as dangerous to most Dark wizards as to
anybody else, and there have been no recorded sightings of Basilisks in Britain
for at least four hundred years.

Supposedly the most
dangerous of all dragon breeds, the Hungarian
Horntail has black scales and is lizard-like in appearance. It has yellow eyes,
bronze horns, and similarly colored spikes that protrude from its long tail.
The Horntail has one of the longest fire-breathing ranges (up to fifty feet).
Its eggs are cement-colored and particularly hard-shelled; the young club
their way out using their tails, whose spikes are well developed at birth. The
Hungarian Horntail feeds on goats, sheep and, whenever possible, humans.

If
you've participated in events like this with us before, then you know
about the signature blocks! I'd like to invite everyone participating
in the 2016 Fantastic Beasts Quilt Along to share a block for a special
2016 Signature Quilt. This quilt is my way of remembering everyone
that quilted along in 2016.

You can send your signature block at any time, you do not need to finish the whole quilt first.

Hand
or machine embroidery, printed fabric, fabric pen, marker, or
stenciled with fabric paint/pen, etc. are all acceptable. Please, no
iron-ons or transfers.

You can use any scraps from your bins for this block.

General information!

All beasts are rated from 1* to 5***** in danger levels.Reminder! You do not have to make all the patterns, choose which ones you like. With
every beast pattern, the danger level will be shown. If you choose to
do the paper pieced star sashing, you can find the pattern below the
beasts patterns.The
pattern pieces is not colored in, they have been left blank so that you
can choose your own colors. A color chart has been provided for a
reference.

All Fantastic Beasts patterns are 100% free and they will stay that way. These patterns are free
for your personal and NON-profit use only. Not to be used for
manufacture or distribution. Sale of this pattern or quilts made from
this pattern is prohibited.

The Fantastic Beasts Quilt Along will be presenting five quilt blocks a week on each Wednesday for 12 weeks.

The
blocks will range from easy to hard, you will have lots of blocks to
choose from. Most of the patterns will be paper pieced patterns and some
of the patterns will be applique. There will be 60+ patterns to choose
from.

An
optional stars sashing pattern will be posted every week. You will need
1 to 5 stars per sashing. (More info below in the fabric amounts and
pattern link)

The
layout (3 sizes) will be released on week 13. Some fabric amounts are
available below. Possible bonus blocks might be added with the layouts,
in the last week.

The colors for the quilt layout are Cranberry, Blue and Gold. These are the colors for Ilvermorny
North American wizarding school. Even though the school has 4 houses,
all the students wore the same colors. Please feel free to use your own
color choices.

All blocks will be sewn during the Fantastic Beasts Quilt Along on fandominstitches.com. And will be 10 x 10” excluding seam allowance. The Star Sashing will be 2 x 10" excluding seam allowance.

For
best results print with NO SCALING. In Google Drive (where this file is
hosted) uncheck “fit to page.” See your printer instructions for more
details if needed.

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